February 2009 - Kids Blog

Besides the Inkheart series, Cornelia Funke has also written The Thief Lord , another exciting story. Recently-orphaned Prosper and his little brother Bo have run away from Germany to Venice to escape their mean aunt who is trying to adopt Bo. By great...

Three cheers for We Are the Ship ! I wrote about this book earlier, and said I thought it might be a good candidate for the Caldecott Award. It didn't win that, but it did win the Sibert Award, for the most distinguished informational children's...

It's very seldom that I make it to a movie theater, but watching this movie during the recent power outage provided a welcome warm spot for me! And I really enjoyed it -- besides the obvious heat in the building, I mean! I had earlier devoured the...

For those who didn't make yesterday's Snack Attack @ the MaC, I'll give you a second to weep... What you missed was Emeril's super-duper Creole Cornbread Stuffing , and Gourmet magazine's Cajun Chicken Stew . Be aware these foods included...

Just as there are basketball leagues for all ages of kids, there are also some great basketball stories for all sizes of kids, and all levels of readers. Some of the best basketball books I've read this year: Picture Books Swish by Bill Martin Jr...

Have you ever been haunted by a book? I was haunted by a book I couldn’t remember. My mother told me that when I was about three years old, I had a favorite book, one I checked out over and over again. I had absolutely no recollection of that book...

It's Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet! This LIttle Red Riding Hood version has a main character named Carmine. The first page shows the word ALPHABET (Granny taught Carmine to read by putting together the letters in her alphabet soup.)...

"Dr. Greg heard our voices. He felt the wind blow cold against his face, and he understood." In my mind, I picture Greg Mortenson, author of Listen to the Wind , standing outside the village of Korphe, Pakistan, surrounded by the majestic Karakorum...

All of the other birds have eggs, Duck does not. So, when he finds one to sit on the other birds all make fun of him. What an Odd Egg! Duck waits and waits, while watching all of the other birds with thier babies. Until something unexpected happens. Creak...

If you haven’t noticed, musical artists are finally recognizing children as a target audience. However, if you are anything like me, you don’t want to be stuck listening to Barney or the Wiggles for days as their music is truly not that stimulating...

Have you ever gone ouitside after a heavy snow and just listened? Without the noise of cars on the roads, and all summer sounds like lawnmowers and backyard barbeques all you hear is the silence of the snow. It's pure, white, crisp, and when the winter's...